Dear Heart
1964



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Highlights
  • Written for the 1964 Warner Bros. film Dear Heart starring Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page and Angela Lansbury.
  • The annual postmasters' convention is the setting for a love story. She is a single woman who never thought she'd be involved in an affair. He is a womanizing salesman trying to decide whether or not he wants to be engaged.
  • In the film, sung by the chorus.
  • Academy Award nomination for Best Song, 1964.
  • Golden Globe Awards nomination for Best Song in a Motion Picture, 1965.



Recording History
Mitch Miller
Russ Morgan
Byron Motley
Rene Paulo
Henry Mancini his Orchestra and Chorus, Dear Heart and Other Songs About Love, RCA Victor Records, #LSP-2990
Gordon Jenkins
Wayne Johnson
Frank Chacksfield
George Feyer
Hi Babit
The Po' Boys
Don Costa
Eddie Fischer
Baja Marimba Band
Teddy Randazzo
Floyd Cramer
John Fox
Pat Boone
The Ray Charles Singers
Dan and Dale
John Gary
Teresa Brewer
George Shearing
The LeRoy Holmes Orchestra
Bobby Darin
Al Caiola and his Orchestra
Trini Lopez
Jimmy Dean
Bobbi Martin
The Anita Kerr Quartet, We Dig Mancini, RCA Victor Records, #LSP-3428,
Johnny Maddox
Lenny Dee
Al Martino
Monica Mancini
Ferrante & Teicher
Chet Avery
Marty Gold and his Orchestra
Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan Sings The Mancini Songbook, Mercury Records, #R61009
Jack Jones
The McGuire Sisters with orchestra
Sounds Orchestra
Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra
Sammy Kaye
Billy Storm
Manhattan Pops
Kitty Wells
Mantovani and his Orchestra
Billy Strange
Brenda Lee
Andy Williams, Dear Heart, Columbia Records, #CL 2338
Ralph Marterie
Jerry Vale
Peggy Lee
Roger Williams
Harry Simone
Frank Sinatra
Nancy Wilson
Ethel Smith
Kai Winding
Joanie Sommers and Laurindo Almeida, Softly, The Brazilian Sound, Warner Bros. Records, #W1575
Sy Zentner
Lyrics
Dear heart, wish you were here
To warm this night.
My dear heart, it seems like a year
Since you've been out of my sight.

A single room, a table for one
It's a lonesome town all right
But soon I'll kiss you hello
At our front door,

And dear heart, I want you to know
I'll leave your arms never more.

But soon I'll kiss you hello
At our front door.

And dear heart, I want you to know
I'll leave your arms never more.
DEAR HEART From the Warner Bros. production Dear Heart, Northridge Music Inc. and M. Witmark & Sons, 1964. Words by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, Music by Henry Mancini (Special Picture Release)